Poll: Which Next Gen Console will you buy?

What will you buy?

  • I will buy both consoles

    Votes: 95 9.7%

  • I will buy an Xbox One only

    Votes: 67 6.8%

  • I will buy a PS4 only

    Votes: 591 60.2%

  • I will buy neither console

    Votes: 108 11.0%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 121 12.3%
  • Total voters
    982
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PS for me. Didn't get a xbox last gen becuase of no support for the logitech wheels. It seems the new xbox is even more restrictive so i'll give it a pass again. Simple things to others but important to me. Not happy that psn+ is needed for online play but if they keep the free games coming it makes the pill sweeter. PC + ps4 will be the combo for next gen as some off those xbox only tittles will be out on pc too.
 
Sumanji said:
I find it surprising that you can make your entire platform choice based on the controller... both of which have had redesigns, and neither of which you have held in your hands yet! :p
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For me it's high on the list, why pay so much for a system that isn't going to get used down to a poorly designed controller, the part you mostly interact with, pretty much the portal to all games is a controller.

i find it surprising you don't care. ;)

the new One control looks like it is going to be ergonomically the same, where as the ps4 one has had a major re-design.

unless you like to flail about like an idiot with kinect/wii controls then i can't see how controller design has no bearing on you.
 
I bought into the current gen late with a second-hand phat 80GB PS3 in 2009, which is still going strong, after a long console hiatus during the PS3 era when I was gaming more on my PC.

I then bought a cheap Jasper 360 down the local market a couple of years ago and to be honest I could count the number of hours I've been on it on just my hands. There were just a number of things that annoyed me over the PS3, including (but not limited to) accessories, less bundled features, multiple DVDs vs a single BD for games, all the little things - but they all add up.

I'm also one of those people who can't understand why the placement of the left thumbstick is such an issue - our hands are symmetrical, and in games where it might matter most when aiming is involved, that's all done with the right thumbstick which....shock horror... is in the same place on both the DS3 and the 360 controller. The two main sticking points I have with the DS3 are the convex thumbsticks and the god awful triggers, both of which have been addressed on the DS4.

I also have a PS Vita, which I think is a brilliant handheld games console and to be able to stream games to it is a big bonus for me when away from the TV.

TLDR: So yeah, I'm getting a PS4. I'll look into getting an XO in 5 years or so to catch up on the exclusives when Microsoft are no longer in the naughty corner.
 
Looks like ps4 for me. What's interesting is that at least 4 of my mates are firmly in the Xbox camp.

Aside from a couple of Xbox exclusives I can't understand why they would turn there noses up at a more powerful console which is cheaper.
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
Looks like ps4 for me. What's interesting is that at least 4 of my mates are firmly in the Xbox camp.

Aside from a couple of Xbox exclusives I can't understand why they would turn there noses up at a more powerful console which is cheaper.
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Familiarity I guess. While it's the games that are swinging it for me, part of me does want an Xbox One purely because I've had both the original Xbox and the 360. For some I think that familiarity is more than enough for them to stick with the Xbox One.
 
PS4 for me, wasn't going to pre-order one as both my launch PS2 and launch PS3 gave up after a year.

However the PS4 pricing has now convinced me to pre-order.
 
Nodiggidy123 said:
Looks like ps4 for me. What's interesting is that at least 4 of my mates are firmly in the Xbox camp.

Aside from a couple of Xbox exclusives I can't understand why they would turn there noses up at a more powerful console which is cheaper.
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I know of two that I work with, both had pre orders with Game for xbox one, both have cancelled and pre ordered a PS4 with their £20 deposits instead. Both were die hard xbox fans.

And both loved forza, yet wasn't enough soon as E3 and Sony showed the PS4 and their pricing.

So, thats two I know of that's jumped ship at launch for next gen at the moment..
 
As someone who has owned nearly every single console ever made by any company on day 1 (excluding anything Nintendo after the Wii) I have no interest whatsoever in getting an xbox one.
 
I've got just an Xbox 360 at the moment but I'll be grabbing just a PS4 in the future. Mainly because it's cheaper than the XBone, PS+ seems better than Xbox Live, there's no Kinect, ability to use pre-owned games, etc.
 
PS4. Hoping it won't sound like a jet engine though, that is the only unknown, for both consoles I guess. On the basis of this poll result, I hope Sony have enough stock sorted, they are going to need it. Not for me though, I will probably leave it until after xmas at the earliest.
 
GAC said:
titanfall is also on the pc and 360.
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I was going to say it will probably end up on PC, and god damned, who would buy a console purely for a online multiplayer FPS that will be on the PC, lol.

Some games are great on a controller(though obviously you can use one on PC), but games like TitanFall I simply wouldn't buy on a console, regardless of if they are available on PC, I hate that kinda FPS on a controller, hate with a passion.

If I buy one it will be, on current info available, a PS4, its got smeg all to do with being online once every 24 hours, or cost. Though I think kinect is a gimmick and voice activation will largely be slower for most control, though admittedly potentially faster for searching... as long as its accurate... and maybe entering web addresses.

The hilarious stuff really is that Xbox are trying to push this "its for the future" idea like their box will work great in 5 years because of "the interwebs" and the PS4 won't. Essentially every single useful media feature, streaming tv, smart glass stuff, voice recognition, almost all of it is software. The only thing the xbox has that the PS doesn't is the HDMI input so they really can do something the xbox can't in that it can take tv output and do some fancy stuff with it while the PS4 can only ever do that kind stuff from streamed content. However with the world going more for tv streamed from the internet and moving away from cable delivered tv anyway, its again not a big downside particularly as software wise they are mostly focusing on american TV and certainly won't work with all tv providers worldwide.

But streaming a bit of tv, having a couple channels on the go, streaming NFL to a tablet while your other half watches a chick flick on the tv, these are all things PS4 will be capable of and will likely provide in the future because hardware wise the consoles are similar, there is more than enough power to do everything the xbox can do.

Likewise if I'm going to support anything its going to be the console based on pretty much PC architecture, pushing openGL and linux to a large degree(as their OS is based on linux afaik) as I think a big push on opengl on pc based architecture with huge support from AMD who have already announced they are dropping their exclusive support for Windows and will throw support into Chrome and Linux now will be fantastic for the future of PC gaming.

A PC gaming rig without the DX horrendous overhead, without MS, their DRM, lazy coding, inefficient and giant OS installs, with a free OS and a game dev driven gaming API rather than a profit/MS/lock in driven DX on windows driven API.... fantastic.

I do think for US the choice is harder as the potential cable options(if they work smoothly and fault free) do offer up some nice choices, like pushing a live sports game onto a tablet while you play a game, but again this isn't stuff you can't do on a tablet anyway or a PC< I stream games/watch tv on one screen while gaming on another all the time.
 
I will get a PS4, not at release though.
Reading about both consoles on Reddit was pretty funny, Microsoft really wounded themselves this time.
 
Well after being predominantly an x360 player I've placed a pre-order for a ps4. I have all the current consoles but I'm just going to strip this down to a Wiiu/ps4/pc/vita/3ds - Apart from the odd few exclusive I just don't see the point in owning an Xbox one.
 
Aeleys said:
i find it surprising you don't care. ;)
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You appear to have misquoted me horribly - I did not say that I don't care :)

Sure, it's a factor - but in front of games, features, content etc.?

Not in my eyes.


iv-tecman said:
even full price new AAA games are cheaper on Steam then consoles, and if you wait a few months they generally pop up at 50% less so
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The sales are only for older games though! A quick look on Steam is showing CoH2 for £40, Borderlands 2 for £30, Bioshock Infinite for £30 etc.

Console games tank in price a few months after launch as well! I have a raft of PS3 /360games that I paid <£15 for about 4-6 months after launch.

Sure, console games will never be as cheap as PC games - but how're you gonna compare a £600-1000 gaming PC against a £350 PS4 (or indeed a £99 360).

And re. Steam purchases being available 'forever' - what happens if, heaven forbid, Steam goes **** up? What happens to all your purchases then?

I think the distinction between digital purchases on Steam/Origin/etc. and those made on console is a lot, lot less black and white than people are making it out to be.

I had actually secretly hoped that all three console developers would go the way of Steam, and undercut physical media sales with digital downloads tied to an account. Sorry, but it's 2013 - we need to start killing legacy formats....
 
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